Taiga bluet
Coenagrion resolutum
The taiga bluet is a slim little damselfly from North America. The male is bright blue with black markings on its long tail. When it rests, it folds its wings neatly behind its body.
Lives in
North America, near ponds, lakes and wetlands
Wingspan
2.7 to 3.3 cm (1.1 to 1.3 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Damselflies have no sting and do not hurt people.
What does it eat?
Like other damselflies, it catches small flying insects. Its young live under water and hunt tiny water animals.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 6 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 39 seconds
How big is Taiga bluet compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Taiga bluet about 9.7 km/h (6 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
The female looks different from the male. She is greenish blue or yellowish green.
2
The male has greenish sides on the front part of its body.
3
From wing tip to wing tip it measures about 3 centimetres.
you asked
Most asked questions about Taiga bluet
?What does a taiga bluet look like?
The male is blue with black marks on its tail. The female is greenish blue or yellowish green.
?Is the taiga bluet dangerous?
No. It has no sting and is harmless.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Coenagrion resolutum
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Coenagrionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Coenagrionidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Coenagrion resolutum (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by D. Gordon E. Robertson. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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